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A new monument to Sts. Cyril and Methodius in the Black Sea town of Sozopol
site.btaMay 24: Day of Holy Brothers Cyril and Methodius
May 24 commemorates the work of the brothers Constantine (Cyril) (827-869) and Methodius (815-885), Byzantine missionaries born in Salonica, who devised the Glagolitic in AD 855 or 862-863.
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